Atlanta Green Market’s lead organizer Tyler Thompson has put together a full Earth Day's schedule of yoga, wellness massages, skin-safe face painting, natural-dye tie-dying and more!
Over 10,000 people attended this one-day event in 2022. This year, ‘Yoga in The Yard’ will kick things off at 9:00 AM, followed by the market at 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM.
“Everything needed to actually solve the environmental problem already exists. Those who are able just have to start buying better alternatives to polluting goods and services. It goes far beyond the reduce, reuse, recycle mantra. It’s about leveraging consumer power to advance market-based solutions to environmental decline. Atlanta Green Market is a start on how to do that. Come and discover a better way of packaging, building furniture, managing waste, consuming electricity, commuting, eating, and so much more. All of it right here in Atlanta, Georgia.” – Tyler Thompson.
Among 50 local “green” businesses in a pop-up style market are 3 Karmalize favorites from last year:
Avery Lain & Grace Moore, Atlo
Avery Lain & Grace Moore founded Atlo to help people “refill the products you use everyday and discover eco swaps to live the low-waste lifestyle". They started as Atlanta's first mobile refillery and now have a permanent store location too in (true to form) a repurposed shipping container. How cool!
Farmer's Jam
How do you mash up farmers and musicians? Easy, you jam (haha) and make jam! Along the way, you sell the jam, raise money, buy fruit tress, and donate fruit trees to other farmers to plant. The fruits trees absorb carbon and produce fruit. Everyone wins!
They also have to be a lock for every Best Business Name competition: Farmer’s Jam.
Nick & Steven Carse, King of Pops
Brothers Nick & Steven Carse founded King of Pops to create Unexpected Moments of Happiness (UMOHs)! But they also do it right.
They get their fruit and dairy from local farms as much as possible, preferring in-season fruit. They also started their own farm, King of Crops, to learn and teach others about sustainable farming. One example is by providing local businesses like coffee roasters and bakeries a way to sustainably compost leftover food waste on their farm!
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